"Build Our Wine Cellar" Celebration - Hold your shower in a specialty wine store and pair appetizers with your favorite wines, suggests NYC planner Kimberlee Bendeck. Guests can bring a wine-related gift (glasses, decanter, hemstitched cocktail napkins) or purchase a bottle that evening from your wine-registry list.
"What's Cooking?" Shindig - Invite guests to partake in a cooking class with a hired chef, then enjoy dining on the cuisine you've created, says NYC planner JoAnn Gregoli. Ask everyone to share a favorite recipe and later have them all compiled into a keepsake cookbook. Be sure to register in advance for cookware, serving pieces and kitchen tools, since these will be the gifts your guests will want to give.
His-and-Hers Spa Day - You can hold this shower at an actual spa or in your home: Simply book a few masseuses and manicurists, and guests can mingle between treatments. Set up a spa-style beverage bar of naturally flavored waters and fresh-fruit smoothies. (Include pomegranate martinis and blueberry mojitos if your shower is taking place in the evening!)
